Mansooreh Razavi
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Mansooreh Razavi Date of Receive: 2014/12/7Date of Accept: 2015/3/11Abstract:The so called Green Nature is the secret of survival, health and the lives of all living beings on the planet. Plant as a precious and unique gift which appears in different colors, tastes and genera, is the sole food for human ...
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Mansooreh Razavi Date of Receive: 2014/12/7Date of Accept: 2015/3/11Abstract:The so called Green Nature is the secret of survival, health and the lives of all living beings on the planet. Plant as a precious and unique gift which appears in different colors, tastes and genera, is the sole food for human body and soul. Plants were the first nutrition resource for human when he first came into existence. Moreover, plants bring about peaceful life and situation. Human, based on his experience, acquired knowledge of using diverse kinds of plants and enjoyed it during his life on the planet. Evidence shows that after several millennia, environment has been experienced serious changes. These changes have also affected lives of people along with scientific and technical development. Although it has received a good attention in past years, now as a result of industrialization and modern technology we witness not only the destruction of plants but also abandoning the study of old species. Thus, for avoiding the death of nature, accentuating local knowledge of botany is considered the only way to help human survival. This will pave the way for scholars, specialists in science and technology and also for ordinary people to preserve and use plants. This paper explores the methods which people used and enjoyed plants in the past. This study is based on a historical survey. Thus, what readers are about to read in following pages, is the data analysis based on available books and documents.
Masoomeh Dif rakhsh; Hossein Barani; Javad Poorrezaee
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Seyedeh Maasumeh Difrakhsh Hossein Barani Javad Pourrezaei Date of Receive: 2014/4/24Date of Accept: 2014/9/27Abstract:Indigenous knowledge, as part of special culture of each region, is experimental findings raised out of adapting to special environmental attributes that is gradually changed to part ...
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Seyedeh Maasumeh Difrakhsh Hossein Barani Javad Pourrezaei Date of Receive: 2014/4/24Date of Accept: 2014/9/27Abstract:Indigenous knowledge, as part of special culture of each region, is experimental findings raised out of adapting to special environmental attributes that is gradually changed to part of social culture of that society. Ethnobatany is nearest methods for studying people knowledge about various practices of their used plants. This study is a part of comprehensive research in field of indigenous knowledge which has been done in Tayebi tribe of Deli kama region (a mountainous valley of summers of Dehdasht town) in Kohkiloyeh and Boyerahmad Province. As a qualitative research in ethnobotany, it used qualitative techniques of gathering data through in depth interview and participatory observation. Totally 189 species has been identified out of which 68 species are with nonforage uses. Thymus, Kakoti, oak were indicator plants of the region. Plants have been used as medicine, food, tools, building industry, extracting industrial oil and juice. Local people have sufficient knowledge about growth time, harvest season, picking method, drying, providing tools out of, extracting juice out of and different medicinal uses. Unfortunately majority of this knowledge is disappearing along with disappearance of traditions. Ethnobotanical researchers can play an important role in documenting and preserving in order to rescue this undocumented enrich folklore before fading in current modernization race.
